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Nuovo order of Grimaldi for three Pure new Car Truck Carrier with option for a fourth ship
will be constructed by the Chinese ship yard Jinling
July 2, 2015
the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi, to two weeks from the signature of a contract with the Chinese ship yard Yangfan for the construction of five new ships PCTC (Also Car Truck Carrier)(of the 19 june 2015), has signed an ulterior agreement for the construction of three ships of the same category with the Chinese ship yard Jinling for an investment of 165 million dollars. The contract previews also the option for the construction of a fourth ship garage.
With delivery previewed in 2017, the three new units will come employees in the routes that connect the Mediterranean with the America North, lines used mostly for the export of vehicles of group FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) towards the markets American and Canadian. The new ships will be equipped of eight bridges, four fixed and four furnitures, returning them able to transport 6,700 cars.
"With this new order - they have commented the president of the shipowning group, Gianluca Grimaldi, and the managing directors Emanuele Grimaldi and Diego Pacella - renews the fleet car carrier of our group, in order to satisfy the new requirements of the market. The collaboration with the Chinese yard Jinling will be strengthened moreover, with which we have already recently worked for the construction of six most modern ships ro-ro ice class".
the Grimaldi group has specified that this last complete order the program of potenziamento of own fleet car carrier that it previews the construction of eight new ulterior units with option for eight. The shipowning group has remembered that, besides this type of ships, the current pocketbook orders previews also the delivery within year-end of two ships with-ro, last of a store clerk of six unit under construction near Korean yards, all destined to the connections of the group between Europe and West Africa. Moreover within the 2016 five ships with-ro to the controlled Atlantic Container will be delivered Linens (ACL) that, with a cargo ability of 3.800 teu, 28,900 square metres of rotabile cargo and 1,307 automobiles - has emphasized the partenopea company - will be largest of their type to the world, beyond to being faster, more ecological and more efficient regarding the ships currently operated by ACL.
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the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi, to two weeks from the signature of a contract with the Chinese ship yard Yangfan for the construction of five new ships PCTC (Also Car Truck Carrier)
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
